Food columnist Stephanie Du SC ’21 discusses the disparities and difficulties of being a person of color consuming or creating food and food media. “We must acknowledge that each culture is different and food inequality exists. Respecting our differences and being conscious of our language and actions are steps forward to showing appreciation for varying cuisines and cultures,” she writes.
Tag: Diversity
‘We are responsible for a holistic student’: New Pomona-Pitzer Athletic Director Miriam Merrill to prioritize diversity, inclusion and mental health
Miriam Merrill plans to prioritize inclusion, diversity and mental health as new Pomona-Pitzer athletic director.
OPINION: Increased diversity doesn’t erase history — Pomona is still a predominantly white institution
Pomona College is a predominantly white institution. This is true regardless of which statistics are flaunted and which programs are in place
OPINION: Need-aware admissions keeps out low-income students and students of color
The need-aware admissions system used by Pitzer and Scripps is keeping out low-income students and people of color.
OPINION: Political correctness is not a threat to free speech
Political correctness and common courtesy are not the threast to free speech that conservatives make them out to be.
OPINION: Popping an intellectually liberal bubble
Diversity, complex as it may be, must include an ideological component in order to properly represent the wide variety of identities people hold.
OPINION: Don’t take Orientation Adventure out for first-years
I arrived at Pomona College on a Saturday last August having traveled 2,000 miles from home, familiar with practically no one on campus and
OPINION: OA is cancelled, not moved
Orientation Adventure will still have the same trips, it will just be for sophomores — so moving it isn’t a big deal, right? Wrong:
OPINION: Intellectual uniformity fails Pomona College
The student bodies of many colleges today look more like America as a whole than ever before, and Pomona College has every reason to
OPINION: Apple’s Memoji is dangerous, but wouldn’t be a problem if they had a more diverse workforce
There’s a cartoon version of you on your phone screen. It smiles, says hello, and invites your friend to a party. It’s cute, and